If you’ve been keeping up with recent posts to the blog, you know that Naomi is well on her way to completing her thru hike of the Appalachian Trail. And Dave and I have been keeping…
I get lots of questions about Naomi’s gap year after high school thru hiking the Appalachian Trail so I thought I would write a quick update. First and foremost, she is doing amazing! The last I…
As we headed into New Hampshire, we started to get a little nervous about the upcoming White Mountains from all the stories we were hearing from north bound thru hikers: The climbs were gonna be terrible…
Is Mahoosuc Notch the hardest or most fun mile of the Appalachian Trail? I think it’s a mixture of both! Basically a jumble of huge boulder piles, it’s definitely not like any other hiking I’ve ever…
Once we left Katahdin Stream Campground, we faced our next challenge- hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness. While we have backpacked a lot, our longest trek has only been about 60 miles. So I knew that hiking…
And just like that, the day arrived where Naomi started her thru hike and Maya and I began our long section hike on the Appalachian Trail. And it all started by climbing Mt. Katahdin.While not a…